I then said ‘Stay still now mate while I just shoot the video’. 10 seconds later we are done.

Now to the edit. The photograph was lightly edited in #Lightroom and imported to CG Pro with the video.

The program was very intuitive and easy to use if you already have a background in media editing.

15 minutes later I was complete with a quick edit done. Most of that time was spent on the import and blending the steam, as it doesn’t repeat itself, for a better overlap.

Exported as a GIF to keep the filesize down.

The result was pretty cool and gained some fair interaction on twitter. New followers = Result. I feel if you think outside of the box you can achieve something special here. I watched a tutorial of how to do it in photoshop and the tutorial was longer than 20 minutes.

Do cinemagraphs have a practical application for your audience? I would say yes, An striking image that moves would catch the eye more than the photo would. I have seen some great examples.